Celebration 2017 Kicks Off at Prince’s Paisley Park
Honoring His Life and Legacy

Historic Event Features Live Performances, Panel Discussions,
Exclusive Concert Screenings and Museum Tours Honoring the Life and
Legacy of Prince Rogers Nelson

April 20, 2017 06:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time

CHANHASSEN, Minn.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Prince’s Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota, started Celebration
2017 today with exciting speakers and performers participating
in the four days of activities. All events are being held at Prince’s
historic recording sanctuary outside Minneapolis, honoring the life and
legacy of the music icon Prince Rogers Nelson.

Fans from around the world arrived to enjoy four days of live music,
panel discussions and special presentations highlighting Prince’s
tremendous talent, influence and importance as a composer, musician,
producer, live performer and filmmaker. The list of special guests
includes close creative collaborators and friends spanning five decades
in Prince’s life – from his childhood in North Minneapolis through to
his stratospheric success.

Celebration 2017 is making history by bringing to Paisley
Park musicians crossing all four decades of Prince’s performing career,
from Morris Day andThe Time, The Revolution, New
Power Generation and 3RDEYEGIRL.

Highlights today included a panel discussion with New Power
Generation (NPG) focusing on their years with Prince, 1989-2000, and
a surprise performance by George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic,
who revolutionized R&B during the ’70s, twisting soul music into funk.
He was Prince’s longtime friend and collaborator who helped kick start
his career. He also appeared in Prince’s 1990 film Graffiti Bridge.

Friday’s programing will feature a panel and performance by The
Revolution, one of Prince’s backup bands, who appeared in the
Oscar-winning film Purple Rain, and performed on the best-selling
album of the same name.

Highlights on Saturday will include performances by Morris Day andThe Time,one of Prince’s Minneapolis-based backup bands
that performed at the 2017 Grammys in the Tribute to Prince. And panels
focusing on Prince’s personal style, recording sessions and Paisley Park
history.

Sunday will showcase 3RDEYEGIRL and NPG,along with
panel discussions on Prince’s early days at the famed Minneapolis music
club First Avenue.

At Paisley Park, Prince constructed and inhabited a creative reality
that was wholly unique, allowing him to fluidly develop music and
artistic works spontaneously and without limitation. Celebration
2017 reflects the spirit of the inaugural Prince:
A Celebrationevent, hosted by Prince and held at Paisley
Park June 7-13th, 2000. In subsequent years, Prince hosted
similar immersive fan experiences at Paisley Park, first in 2001 with Prince:
A Celebration “The Rainbow Children”and in 2002
with Xenophobia.

While live music and special events take place inside Paisley Park,
several Minneapolis-St. Paul area landmarks are scheduled to be bathed
in purple light after sundown and include U.S. Bank Stadium,
IDS Center, I-35W Bridge, Hennepin County Lowry Avenue
Bridge,and Target Field. Fans are also encouraged to
wear purple on April 21 and share pictures via social media using #PaisleyPark
and #Celebration2017.

Prince fans can keep up with the latest on Celebration 2017
events by following Paisley Park’s official online social platforms that
include:

Prince sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the
best-selling artists of all time. He won seven GRAMMY® Awards, a Golden
Globe Award, and an Academy Award® for the film Purple Rain, all
of which are displayed at Paisley Park. He was inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, the first year of his eligibility. Prince
was born in Minneapolis and resided in the Minneapolis area throughout
his life.

ABOUT PAISLEY PARK

Paisley Park, Prince’s private estate and production compound in
Chanhassen, offers fans of the late music icon the unprecedented
opportunity to tour the legendary, 65,000-square-foot complex that
served as the center of Prince’s creative universe. Operated by P Park
Management, guided tours take visitors throughout the extensive main
floor of Paisley Park, including recording and mixing studios where
Prince recorded, produced and mixed most of his biggest hits, exhibit
spaces that chronicle films such as Purple Rain and Graffiti
Bridge, Prince’s private NPG Music Club, and a massive soundstage
and concert hall where Prince rehearsed for concert tours and held
exclusive, private events and performances. The tour also features
thousands of artifacts from Prince’s personal archives, including iconic
concert wardrobe, awards, musical instruments and concert memorabilia.

Paisley Park is located at 7801 Audubon Road, Chanhassen, Minnesota,
approximately 30 minutes outside of Minneapolis. For more information
about Paisley Park, visit OfficialPaisleyPark.com.

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